Space security and legal aspects of active debris removal / Annette Froehlich, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Froehlich, Annette, editor.

European Space Policy Institute, series editor.

Series:

Studies in space policy ; v. 16.

Studies in space policy ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space security.

Space security--International cooperation.

Space debris--Political aspects.

Space debris.

Space law.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

vi, 187 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]

Summary:

The book analyzes the various legal and political concepts to resolve the problem of the existing space debris in outer space and which measures have been taken to avoid space debris or to reduce potential space debris in the course of future space missions. From a scientific and technical point of view various studies are ongoing to analyze the feasibility of active debris removal. Nevertheless it has to be highlighted that outer space is an international area where various actors with different legal and political concepts are operating, a situation that leads to different approaches concerning such activities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783319903378

3319903373

OCLC:

1086262624